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Raging Bull. 1980 · 2 hr 9 min. R. Drama · Sport. Robert De Niro turns in a powerful performance as a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into ...
Critics reviews. This unflinching biopic of boxing champion Jake LaMotta traces his rise and decline, as his violence in the ring also bleeds into his life at home. His appetite for self-destruction, his volcanic temper, and his obsessive jealousy destroys his relationships with his wife and brother.
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Director. Paul Schrader. Screenplay. Mardik Martin. Screenplay. The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
By Tim Pelan Scorsese’s Raging Bull is not your dad’s boxing movie. It’s certainly not a story of conventional redemption or hope overcoming the odds. Instead it’s mainly a troubling deep dive into a sick soul, haunted by self-loathing, sexual frustration, jealousy and anger, the ring-centred conflicts heightened, abstract and visceral extensions of the id.
"Raging Bull" is a cinematic masterpiece which pulls no punches. Based on a true story, Robert De Niro (in his second Oscar-winning role) stars as Jake La Motta, a middle-weight prize-fighter from the late-1940s and early-1950s, who basically destroys himself and those around him because of an uncontrollable temper and poor decision-making.
May 9, 2013 · Raging Bull. Photograph: United Artists Corp. The film begins in 1941, with Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) fighting in the ring and fighting his first wife, Ida.
